lawn mower

Example Sentences

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It is like putting diesel in a lawn mower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Last compared managing agents to powering a lawn mower: crank it long enough and it starts running on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

About the size of a riding lawn mower, the machine chews through about eight barrels of batteries an hour, eight times faster than the drum roller method.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

In his home town of York he and some friends took apart an old lawn mower to build a go-kart out of the parts.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

A burly, red-faced man stood there, carrying cleaning equipment, something slung over his shoulder, something else that looked like a lawn mower propped at his feet.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie